CNYCentral.com
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse has found that ten firefighters who were injured in the line of duty were being overpaid and is reducing their disability income.
Former firefighter Rick Azzoto was severely injured on August 23rd, 1986 when his fire truck crashed into a building on South Salina Street. The rig flipped over, nearly crushing him to death.
“It hit with such impact my door blew off... it landed on top of me. I was trapped for a half an hour. I actually saw my mother who passed away two years before. We were ready to touch hands. My comrades got me out just in time,” Azzoto told CNY Central’s Jim Kenyon.
Full story: Syracuse cuts pay to disabled firefighters, injured firefighter says it isn’t fair